const. infinitive.
| 单词 | θ85398 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > set to work upon or begin to deal with (7) to set about ——a1300 const. infinitive. to set upon ——1555 = to set about at phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. fall1589 intransitive. With preposition (now usually to). To set about or apply oneself to a task or activity. to fall to work: see phrases 1c. to deal on, upon1597 to deal on, upon: to set to work upon. archaic. to break up1688 To begin or commence operations upon. begin1808 intransitive. To begin on or upon: To set to work upon, begin to deal with. to set up1857 To start (a piece of work) on a loom, etc. |
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